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Since I was a guest on his podcast, Life is a Marathon, Bruce Van Horn has been one of my greatest supporters. He’s encouraged me to step even further outside my comfort zone and has reminded me that my own journey of overcoming traumatic experiences has given me something to offer to the world.

Bruce has invited me to be one of four guest speakers at his ReStory YOU! event this October in Fort Lauderdale, Florida! I invite all of you to join me! There are seats available, and are even a limited number of scholarship admissions for those of you who can’t quite afford to come! I can’t wait to share this experience with you!

I am pleased to announce that I have been asked by the World Union of Poets to be the Utah, USA Representative. I am honored to be recognized by my peers, worldwide, and to be included in a circle of award-winning poets whom I look up to and strive to emulate. Poetry is my passion, my chosen form of expression. Cheers to the start of a new journey! If you’d like to be part of the World Union of Poets, Utah, USA Facebook group click HERE.

You can find out more about The World Union of Poets by clicking HERE.

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The poetry of Nikki Anne Schmutz explores the journey we take inside ourselves, It is one that never ends; it leads to greater understanding, realizations gained only by aspiring to be more than we are in the present. There is great beauty to be found inside us all. Along the way we meet others who end up being vital parts of our growth, people we care for, people we love. Sometimes our connection with others brings us closer to deep understanding than anything else we experience.

Imagine what the world would be like if we could open a window to one another’s soul. What if we could look inside and glean all the information needed to truly understand each other as we help one another along through life? What kind of spiritual heights could we help one another achieve? Open your soul window…

‘In Speaking Of…’ is a collection of poetry inspired by the soul’s journey from dark to light. It takes raw emotion stemming from life’s darker moments and spins them into alchemical passages that expose truths we try to hide. Acceptance of ones’ inner self eventually leads to light, life, and happiness. ‘In Speaking Of…’ embraces the pain we feel in order to enhance the joyful moments we find within. Beauty amidst pain, light amidst darkness. Sometimes brutal yet still captivating, this collection of poems sends the reader into a journey of introspection and hopefully ends with the realization that life has more to offer than one ever thought possible.